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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Student preparedness
Message-ID: <553@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 89 16:13:23 GMT
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Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
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In article <1828@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
=In article <541@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes:
=>A fairly popular scheme based on handing out lecture notes is called
=>"partial notes".  The instructor prepares lecture notes as usual but

=A more popular scheme is called "partial lectures."  The instructor
=prepares copious and confusing notes, then gives a lecture that only
=manages to cover half of what is in the notes.  However, the student

An even more popular scheme is called "the research model".  The
instructor doesn't prepare at all, rambles through a lecture about
his/her research, and tells the student "If you don't understand what's
in the text, you're not smart enough to be at this university."

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